"In the few months since the second Trump administration began, the federal government’s efforts to control silicosis have been destroyed," David Michaels and Gregory Wagner write:
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I’m from PA. When Trump 1st showed up talking about bringing back coal and people cheered him, I thought of 2 words: Black Lung. That’s what we call it. We used to give people payments for giving them Black Lung in the mines. There’s no real treatment. Everyone knew abt it & wanted to avoid it. /1
2/ “Phoebe Snow’s gown stays pure and white along the road of anthracite”. Instructions on the mines are notably written in English, Italian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Polish, German etc for the immigrants who worked here. I thought surely descendants of those decent sensible people would recognize /2
3/ the dangers of anyone telling them to get back in the mines. We proudly gave our coal to power WWII and help defeat the Nazis. Now some of the kids and grandkids of those people have joined the fascists. It breaks my heart. It’s stupidity on an embarrassing level. /3
Headline after headline is "resurgence of preventable disease". How many people will have to die before the GOP realizes they're not just destroying people they don't like, but everyone else too.
Everything about DOGE is horrible. It will go down in history as corrupt and destructive and hopefully will result in many safeguards being put in place at some point 🙏🙏
Much silica exposure can be prevented by minor modifications to workplace tools and practices - things like applying a small stream of water to the area you are cutting.
It doesn't even cost that much. DOGE wants workers to die to save their employers pennies.
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Don't forget, AARP is the marketing arm of UHC.
It doesn't even cost that much. DOGE wants workers to die to save their employers pennies.
-Donald J Trump